Which returned more over the last year, VCSH or VUSB?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VUSB returned +3.7%, so VUSB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCSH or VUSB?

VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VUSB charges 0.10%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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VCSH vs VUSB: how they differ

VCSH and VUSB hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and VUSB returned more over the year.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCSH and VUSB hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VCSH and VUSB both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VCSH	VUSB
Bank of America Corp	0.24%	0.20%
Amgen Inc	0.17%	0.17%
Bank of America Corp	0.16%	0.37%
HSBC Holdings PLC	0.13%	0.14%
Salesforce Inc	0.11%	0.19%
Oracle Corp	0.11%	0.24%
Morgan Stanley	0.13%	0.10%
Citigroup Inc	0.11%	0.10%
GE HealthCare Technologies Inc	0.10%	0.20%
US Bancorp	0.10%	0.51%
NatWest Group PLC	0.10%	0.30%
US Bancorp	0.10%	0.14%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VCSH	Only in VUSB
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%	United States Treasury Bill 4.24%
AbbVie Inc 0.21%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.68%
CVS Health Corp 0.21%	PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The 0.59%
T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.53%
Boeing Co/The 0.20%	Charles Schwab Corp/The 0.50%
Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%	Westlake Flooring Master Trust 0.44%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%	DLLAD 2024-1 LLC 0.44%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.18%	UBS Group AG 0.42%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

VCSH and VUSB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VUSB Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Short-Term Corporate Bond	Ultra-Short Bond
Total return, 1 year	+1.6%	+3.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.9 pts	−13.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.10%
Holdings	2999	1281

VCSH in plain words

VCSH is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

VUSB in plain words

VUSB is a cash and treasury bills tracking the Ultra-Short Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCSH or VUSB?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VUSB returned +3.7%, so VUSB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCSH or VUSB?: VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VUSB charges 0.10%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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